Jallianwala Bagh Massacre :-
Located just 400 meters north of the Golden Temple is the Jallianwala Bagh where the historic massacre took place on April 13, 1919 when India was under British rule and was struggling for independence.
Thousands of people had gathered at Jallian Wala Bagh to celebrate Baisakhi. The British General Dyer was the Lieutenant Governor of the province in 1919. He had banned all meetings and demonstrations led by Indians against the economical set back by World War I. General Dyer personally led the troops to the sight and ordered his men to open fire without any warning. It resulted in the death of 379 and injured more than 1200 innocents. Outraged by this gory incident, Gandhiji, called for a nation wide strike and started the Non-cooperation Movement, which became an important mile stone in the struggle for India´s Independence. Today this ground has been changed to a park and it has a pleasant garden. At the east - end of the garden there is a large memorial built in memory of those who died here.
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